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Lord Buddha speaks: "Get rid of those tattoos."
During one of my visits to the Royal Palace in Bangkok, my thoughts briefly turned to the subject of tattooing and, with that, also to Lord Buddha. On a number of parasols I see the text: “Not tattoo Buddha is for respecting.”
